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The Director General of the EUMS also serves as the Director of the MPCC and in that capacity assume the function of the single commander for all non-executive military missions, exercising command and control over the current three training Missions and other possible future non-executive military Missions. |
The Director General of the EUMS also serves as the Director of the MPCC and in that capacity assume the function of the single commander for all non-executive military missions, exercising command and control over the current three training Missions and other possible future non-executive military Missions. |
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| Military Planning and Conduct Capability | |
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| Active | 8 June 2017–present[1] |
| Allegiance |  European Union |
| Type | Command |
| Role | Commands non-executive CSDP operations |
| Part of | European Union Military Staff of the European External Action Service |
| Location | Kortenberg building, Brussels, Belgium |
| Website | europa.eu |
| Commanders | |
| High Repr. | Federica Mogherini |
| Director | Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen |
The Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) is a permanent operational headquarters (OHQ) at the military strategic level for non-executive military missions deployed as part of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU). The MPCC is part of the EU Military Staff (EUMS), a department of the European External Action Service (EEAS), and the Director General of the EUMS also serves as Director of the MPCC - exercising command and control over the operations.
Structure
The relationship between the High Representative, the Military Staff and Military Committee as of November 2017:[2]
Colour key:
High Representative (a Vice-President of the Commission)
Military Committee (EUMC; a Council body)
Military Staff (EUMS; a Directorate-General of the External Action Service)
| High Representative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Chairman EUMC  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Working Group/Headline Goal Task Force | Director General EUMS/ Director MPCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legal advisor | Deputy Director General | Horizontal Coordination | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Chief of Staff for Synchronisation | EU cell at SHAPE | EU Liaison at the UN in NY | Assistant Chief of Staff for External Relations | NATO Permanent Liaison Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concepts & Capabilities Directorate | Intelligence Directorate | Operations Directorate | Logistics Directorate | Communications & Information Systems Directorate | Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC)
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The MPCC will be single military strategic command and control structure, responsible for the operational planning and conduct of non-executive missions. This includes the building up, deployment, sustaining and recovery of EU forces. The MPCC will at present control the three EU training missions in Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia.
The MPCC will be reporting to the Political and Security Committee (PSC), and informing the EU Military Committee (EUMC).[3] The MPCC will also cooperate with its existing civilian counterpart, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), through a Joint Support Coordination Cell (JSCC).
Director
[[FFile:Informal meeting of defence ministers (FAC). Arrivals Esa Pulkkinen (36890876876) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen has served as EUMS Director General and thereby MCPP Director since 2016]]
The Director General of the EUMS also serves as the Director of the MPCC and in that capacity assume the function of the single commander for all non-executive military missions, exercising command and control over the current three training Missions and other possible future non-executive military Missions.
The current three Mission Commanders will become ‘Mission Force Commanders’ who will act under the command of the Director of the MPCC and will remain responsible for exercising military command authority on the ground. The Director of the MPCC will assume the same role, tasks and command relationships as those attributed to a military Operation Commander (OpCdr). He will also exercise the responsibilities related to deployment and recovery of the missions as well as overall budgeting, auditing and reporting.[4]
History
Creation
The MPCC was initially called for as a standing EU military operational headquarters (OHQ), replacing the current practice of having the Council determine a dedicated ad hoc OHQ for each operation, typically out of one of the following categories:
- National 'parent headquarters', e.g. Northwood Headquarters as made available by the United Kingdom
- Allied Command Operations (ACO) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), based on the Berlin Plus agreement
- European Union Operations Centre (EU OPCEN), a limited ad hoc headquarters outside the EEAS
This however was blocked by the United Kingdom which, despite their impending withdrawal, were keen to oppose anything that might undermine NATO. As a result, the headquarters was not permitted to run executive missions in order to avoid a British veto.[5]
Possible mandate extension
EU officials have indicated that a review in 2018 might extend the MPCC's mandate to also include operations with combat elements - or so-called executive missions.[6]
See also
- Common Security and Defence Policy
- European External Action Service
- Military operations of the European Union
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
References
- ^ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/defence-security/defence-security-timeline/
- ^ "Impetus" (PDF). eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/06/08/military-mpcc-planning-conduct-capability/
- ^ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/06/08/military-mpcc-planning-conduct-capability/
- ^ Mogherini sees way past UK spat over military HQ, Euractiv 16 May 2017
- ^ EU military HQ to take charge of Africa missions, EUObserver 6 March 2017